Melvyn, If you Google "stormy petrel Dunbar Scotland October 1881" you will get 1730 hits, granted not all about your family. http://tinyurl.com/y9mq2ax The first entry is reference your David Stevenson and his two sons. http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_a/0_around_edinburgh_-_firth_of_forth_-_remembrance.htm Google is always the first place to look for data on just about anything.............................never know what will pop ut. Bob Cdn =================== On 11/01/2010 11:43 AM, Melvyn Hunter wrote: <SNIP>...Dear Listers, I have three Stevenson ancestors who were variously recorded as fishermen and river pilots. They are also recorded as all drowning on Black Friday, having got caught upin the storm of 14 October 1881 off Dunbar,... ===================